Jenny McLaughlin, Heathrow
Jenny McLaughlin
Senior Project Manager
Heathrow

Jenny McLaughlin has worked within the airport industry for over 20 years. This began at East Midlands Airport, including working on ISO14001 accreditation and an airspace change. The last 17 years have been at Heathrow Airport in a number of departments including Environment, Airside and now Infrastructure. Jenny has delivered a number of business changes, from new aircraft de-icing process, introducing new IT applications, to infrastructure delivery such as taxiway rehabilitation, fire training ground villa complex to new Virtual Contingency Facility. Now working as a senior project manager within the Long Term Growth programme. Jenny is dyslexic and has ADHD and believes that “the way that my brain is wired differently is an asset”. Jenny is a speaker at a number of industry events on ‘Systematic Inclusion’, bringing to life the criticality of accessibility if we are to remain a safe and sustainable industry. This is most evident in being a key player in creation of RIBA Inclusive Design Overlay published summer 2023. Finally, Jenny is a Governor for Harrow Richmond and Uxbridge College, and leading the Heathrow Inclusive Learners Partnership to ensure equitable pathways for learners to gain experience, internships and work. Jenny advocates that each person should have an equitable seat at the table and creating a equitably safe environment to challenge and improve the way we interreact and build the world around us.